2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

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Qualification for the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place in two rounds in January at various locations throughout the nation. The number of entrants to the national championships was cut down to eleven teams through a playdown system of regional qualifiers and a challenge round.

Qualification System[]

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals either by qualifying automatically as one of the top two teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, by qualifying through a regional qualifier, or by qualifying through the challenge round. The two teams that qualified automatically to the championships were chosen based on the Order of Merit upon the conclusion of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel.[1] This year, the teams were those skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown.[2] The other eight spots in the nationals were awarded as follows: five were awarded to the top finishers in the regional qualifiers, and three were awarded to the top finishers in the challenge round.[1]

The qualification rounds were all held with the double knockout provision in place. The double knockout provision states that a team is eliminated from qualifying for the nationals if the team has at least two losses in their win-loss record. If there are teams with less than two losses, they will play each other until the number of teams still able to qualify matches the number of qualification spots available.

Regional Qualifiers[]

The qualifiers were held from January 4 to 8 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Laurel, Maryland, given that at least five teams sign up at each qualifier. If there were less than five teams signed up at any site, the qualifier at that site would have been cancelled, and teams could either be moved to an alternate site or cancel their registration. Qualifiers with more than ten teams would have been held in a knockout format, and qualifiers with less than ten teams would have been held in a round robin format. Each qualifier site was awarded one or more qualification spots to the nationals based on the strength of field at each qualifier site.[1] The strength of field of each team was calculated using Order of Merit points, past participation in national championships and world championships, and final ranks at past national championships. In total, five teams qualified from the four regional qualifiers, and eight teams moved from the qualifiers to the challenge round. This year, the teams that qualified from the regional qualifiers were those skipped by Heath McCormick, , John Shuster, , and Blake Morton.

Challenge round[]

The top eight finishers from the regional qualifiers that did not qualify for the nationals were invited to play in the challenge round, which were held from January 19 to 22 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Two other teams that were not qualified to either the nationals or the challenge round were then invited based on their Order of Merit points. If a team qualifying to the challenge round through a regional qualifier declined its invitation, the spot would have been filled based on the Order of Merit. A maximum of ten teams could play at the challenge round.[1] The number of teams invited from each qualifier were determined using the strength of field system. The challenge round was played in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top three teams were chosen to qualify to the nationals. This year, those teams were those skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr.

Regional Qualifiers[]

All four qualifiers were held at their respective locations from January 4 to 8. A total of 39 teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers. Of these teams, three teams qualified directly to the nationals without participation in the qualifying rounds. The rink skipped by Pete Fenson did not have to participate in the qualifiers due to their participation on behalf of the United States at the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge. Two teams, skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown, qualified directly to the nationals by virtue of their Order of Merit rankings. If Fenson was one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, there would only have been one other team qualifying directly to the nationals via Order of Merit, but Fenson was not one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, so the top two ranked teams qualified directly to the nationals.

Participating Teams[]

The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers.[3] The teams skipped by Pete Fenson, Craig Brown, and Tyler George qualified automatically, and as such did not need to participate in the qualifying rounds.[2]

Key
Teams Directly to Nationals
Teams to Challenge Round
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Laurel Qualifier
New York (state) Fairport, New York
New York (state) Rochester, New York
New York (state) Schenectady, New York
Maryland Columbia, Maryland
Ohio Elyria, Ohio
Heath McCormick William Stopera Martin Sather Dean Gemmell New York (state) New York, New York
New York (state) Rochester, New York
Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut
Aaron Crawley New York (state) Fairport, New York
Seattle Qualifier
Sean Beighton Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Brady Clark Darren Lehto Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Doug Kauffman Paul Lyttle Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Richard Burmeister Washington (state) Seattle, Washington
Grand Forks Qualifier
North Dakota West Fargo, North Dakota
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Kevin Birr Minnesota Mankato, Minnesota
North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Steven Gebauer
Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Mark Lazar Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
Tyler George Christopher Plys Rich Ruohonen Aanders Brorson Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Mark Haluptzok Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
Kevin Kakela Pete Annis North Dakota Rolla, North Dakota
North Dakota Devils Lake, North Dakota
Bill Morehouse New York (state) Utica, New York
North Dakota Edmore, North Dakota
John Shuster Zach Jacobson Jared Zezel John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Jason Smith Jeffrey Isaacson Florida Fort Myers, Florida
Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
Peter Stolt Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota
Green Bay Qualifier
Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota
(fourth) John Benton (skip) Wisconsin Medford, Wisconsin
Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Craig Brown Kroy Nernberger Matt Hamilton Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Mike Farbelow Tim Solin Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Blake Morton Wisconsin McFarland, Wisconsin
Paul Pustovar Minnesota Hibbing, Minnesota
Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Greg Wilson Richard Maskel Illinois Vernon Hills, Illinois

Laurel qualifier[]

The Laurel qualifier was held at the Potomac Curling Club in Laurel, Maryland. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the Challenge Round.[4] The team skipped by Heath McCormick qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] and the team skipped by qualified to the Challenge Round.[5]

Standings[]

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Maryland 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 4
New York (state) a hammer icon 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 X 14
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 3 2 1 1 0 3 X X X X 10
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Connecticut 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ohio a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 5
New York (state) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 X 9
Draw 2[]

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
New York (state) 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Maryland 2 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 11
Ohio a hammer icon 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick a hammer icon 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 X X X 12
New York (state) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5
New York (state) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Draw 3[]

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 X 6
Maryland a hammer icon 2 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 X 8
Ohio 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 X X X 9
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X X X 5
Draw 4[]

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X X 3
New York (state) a hammer icon 3 2 0 2 0 2 X X X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ohio 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 3
New York (state) Heath McCormick a hammer icon 0 2 0 3 0 4 X X X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Maryland a hammer icon 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 7
New York (state) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 X 8
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Draw 5[]

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 1 0 3 2 3 X X X X 9
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Connecticut 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 X X 7
Maryland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Draw 6[]

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Connecticut 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
Maryland 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 X 10
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Ohio 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 X 7
Draw 7[]

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 8
Ohio 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
New York (state) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
New York (state) a hammer icon 2 0 2 3 0 2 X X X X 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Maryland a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X X 2
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 0 3 2 2 X X X X X 9
Draw 8[]

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
New York (state) Heath McCormick 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 3
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 X X 10
Sheet 3 Final
New York (state) NP
Maryland NP
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Ohio a hammer icon 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 X X 4
New York (state) 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 X X 8
Draw 9[]

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 X 8
New York (state) 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet 2 Final
Ohio NP
New York (state) NP
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
New York (state) Heath McCormick 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 7
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 X X 2

Tiebreakers[]

Round 1 Round 2
New York (state) 5
Connecticut 11 Connecticut 6
New York (state) 6
Round 1[]

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 X X 11
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 X X 6
Round 2[]

Sunday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
Connecticut 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6

Seattle Qualifier[]

The Seattle qualifier was held at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the Challenge Round.[4] The team skipped by qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] while the team skipped by Sean Beighton qualified to the Challenge Round.[5]

Standings[]

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) a hammer icon 4 0 4 0 0 2 X X X X 10
Washington (state) Doug Kauffman 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X X X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Sean Beighton a hammer icon 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 X X 9
Washington (state) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Draw 2[]

Friday, January 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) a hammer icon 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 X X 9
Washington (state) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Doug Kauffman 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 8
Washington (state) a hammer icon 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Draw 3[]

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) a hammer icon 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X X X 4
Washington (state) 0 3 0 0 2 2 3 X X X 10
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Washington (state) Sean Beighton a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 4[]

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 X 8
Washington (state) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Doug Kauffman a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Washington (state) Sean Beighton 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Draw 5[]

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 X 9
Washington (state) Doug Kauffman a hammer icon 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) Sean Beighton a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
Washington (state) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Tiebreaker[]

The "tiebreaker" was played in accordance with the double knockout provision. Wes Johnson and Sean Beighton were the top two teams in the pool, and even though Johnson was undefeated, a deciding game needed to be held between Johnson and Beighton. Beighton had one loss (from losing to Johnson), and Johnson had none. If Beighton had won the tiebreaker, he and Johnson would have had one loss apiece, and would have needed to decide which team would advance to the nationals by playing another tiebreaker, which would have given one team two losses, therefore eliminating that team from the top spot. Johnson won this tiebreaker, so Beighton, with two losses, took second place.

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Washington (state) a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6
Washington (state) Sean Beighton 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5

Grand Forks Qualifier[]

The Grand Forks qualifier was held at the in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It will be held in a triple knockout format. Two teams qualified directly to the Nationals, and four teams qualified to the Challenge Round.[4] The team skipped by John Shuster qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the A Event, and the team skipped by qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the B Event.[2] Teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Peter Stolt, , and Todd Birr qualified to the Challenge Round.[5]

Knockout Brackets[]

A Event[]

The qualifier in the A Event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

First Knockout Quarterfinals Semifinals Qualifier 1
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 8
North Dakota 12 North Dakota 4
Minnesota Todd Birr 9
Minnesota Todd Birr 6
North Dakota Kevin Kakela 10 North Dakota Kevin Kakela 5
North Dakota 8 North Dakota Kevin Kakela 7
Minnesota Eric Fenson Minnesota Eric Fenson 0
North Dakota Minnesota Todd Birr 5
Minnesota Peter Stolt 7 Minnesota John Shuster 10
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 5 Minnesota Peter Stolt 3
Minnesota John Shuster 9
Minnesota John Shuster 8
Minnesota 4 Florida Jason Smith 4
North Dakota 7 North Dakota 4
Florida Jason Smith 9
B Event[]

The qualifier in the B Event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals To Pre-Qualifier
North Dakota 4
North Dakota 10 Florida Jason Smith 3
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 3 North Dakota 10
Minnesota 6 Minnesota Eric Fenson 5
Minnesota Eric Fenson 7
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals To Pre-Qualifier
North Dakota 10
North Dakota Kevin Kakela 7
North Dakota 11
North Dakota 4 North Dakota 3
North Dakota 8 North Dakota 6
Minnesota Peter Stolt 5
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 6
Minnesota Peter Stolt 7
Pre-Qualifier Qualifier 2
North Dakota 6
North Dakota 3 North Dakota 8
Minnesota Todd Birr 6
C Event[]

All qualifiers in the C Event will qualify to participate in the Challenge Round.

Semifinals Qualifier 1
      
North Dakota Kevin Kakela 2
Minnesota Eric Fenson 6
North Dakota 3
Minnesota Eric Fenson 8
Qualifier 2
   
1 Florida Jason Smith 6
2 Minnesota Peter Stolt 9
Semifinals Qualifier 3
      
North Dakota 9
Minnesota 3
Minnesota 11
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 8
Semifinals Qualifier 4
      
Minnesota Todd Birr 9
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 2
North Dakota Steve Brown 8
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 9

Knockout results[]

Draw 1[]

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Kevin Kakela a hammer icon 3 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10
North Dakota 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 8
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 12
Draw 2[]

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 4
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 X X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
Florida Jason Smith a hammer icon 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 X X 9
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
Minnesota John Shuster 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 X X X 9
Draw 3[]

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
North Dakota 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 3 0 1 3 0 3 X X X X 10
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Kevin Kakela a hammer icon 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 X X X 7
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
Draw 4[]

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok a hammer icon 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Peter Stolt 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 X X 11
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Draw 5[]

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 X 8
Florida Jason Smith a hammer icon 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
North Dakota Kevin Kakela a hammer icon 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 X 10
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Draw 6[]

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Dakota 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
Florida Jason Smith a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Minnesota John Shuster a hammer icon 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 X 10
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 10
North Dakota Kevin Kakela 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 7[]

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 X 6
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Steve Brown 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8
New York (state) Bill Morehouse a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 11
Minnesota Mark Haluptzok 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 8
Draw 8[]

Sunday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
North Dakota a hammer icon 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 8
Draw 9[]

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Florida Jason Smith a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Minnesota Peter Stolt 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Kevin Kakela a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 X X X 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 X X 9
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 2 3 0 4 X X X X X X 9
New York (state) Bill Morehouse 0 0 2 0 X X X X X X 2

Green Bay Qualifier[]

The Green Bay qualifier was held at the in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, one team qualified directly to the Nationals, and two teams qualified to the Challenge Round.[4] The team skipped by Blake Morton qualified directly to the Nationals,[2] while the teams skipped by John Benton and Mike Farbelow qualified to the Challenge Round.[5]

Standings[]

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 X X X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 1 1 3 4 3 X X X X X 12
Wisconsin a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 0
Draw 2[]

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 X X X 9
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X X 3
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 4 1 0 4 0 2 X X X X 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
Minnesota a hammer icon 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9
Draw 3[]

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Wisconsin John Benton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 X X X 9
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 3
Wisconsin Blake Morton a hammer icon 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 X 9
Draw 4[]

Friday, January 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 6
Minnesota a hammer icon 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 X 10
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 0 3 3 3 X X X X 9
Wisconsin a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 8
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
Draw 5[]

Saturday, January 7, 11:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton a hammer icon 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 X X X 10
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 8
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Wisconsin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 6

Tiebreakers[]

Round 1[]

Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 7
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 X X 8
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2
Round 2[]

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Blake Morton a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 X 7
Wisconsin John Benton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 5 0 1 0 2 0 X X X X 8
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 1 0 2 0 1 X X X X 4

Challenge round[]

The challenge round was held from January 19 to 22 at the in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A maximum of ten teams could compete in the challenge round, and three teams advanced to the nationals.[4] A maximum of eight teams from the qualifiers could compete in the challenge round, while a minimum of two teams were chosen based on their Order of Merit. The teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr advanced to the nationals.

Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Qualification Method
(fourth) John Benton (skip) Wisconsin Medford, Wisconsin Green Bay Qualifier
Mike Farbelow Tim Solin Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Green Bay Qualifier
Sean Beighton1 Washington (state) Seattle, Washington Seattle Qualifier
North Dakota West Fargo, North Dakota Grand Forks Qualifier
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Kevin Birr Minnesota Mankato, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Eric Fenson Trevor Andrews Mark Lazar Minnesota Bemidji, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Peter Stolt Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Grand Forks Qualifier
Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut Laurel Qualifier
Paul Pustovar Minnesota Hibbing, Minnesota Order of Merit
New York (state) Rochester, New York Order of Merit
Notes
  1. ^ Beighton declined his berth to the Challenge Round.

Round robin standings[]

Final round robin standings

Skip W L
Minnesota Eric Fenson 7 1
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 6 2
Minnesota Todd Birr 6 2
Connecticut 5 3
Wisconsin John Benton 3 5
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 3 5
Minnesota Peter Stolt 2 5
North Dakota 2 6
New York (state) 1 6

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton a hammer icon 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
Minnesota Peter Stolt 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 11
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 8

Draw 2[]

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 8
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 8
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 3 0 X X X X 5
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 2 0 5 0 7 X X X X 14

Draw 3[]

Friday, January 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Peter Stolt 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Eric Fenson a hammer icon 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 2 1 0 2 0 2 3 X X X 10
North Dakota 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
Wisconsin John Benton a hammer icon 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 X X X 9
Connecticut 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2

Draw 4[]

Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Connecticut 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
Minnesota Eric Fenson 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 X 8
New York (state) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 5[]

Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 X X 7
Minnesota Peter Stolt 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota a hammer icon 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 X X X 8
New York (state) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 8
Wisconsin John Benton a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 6[]

Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X 8
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Connecticut a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 X X X 7
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Peter Stolt 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 7
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 8

Draw 7[]

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
North Dakota a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New York (state) a hammer icon 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Minnesota Mike Farbelow 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Peter Stolt a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Connecticut 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 6

Draw 8[]

Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 2 1 0 1 0 5 X X X X 9
New York (state) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Todd Birr a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Minnesota Paul Pustovar 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin John Benton 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
North Dakota 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 2 0 2 2 3 0 X X X X 9
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1

Draw 9[]

Sunday, January 22, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Paul Pustovar a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
Wisconsin John Benton 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Connecticut a hammer icon 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 8
Minnesota Eric Fenson 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Mike Farbelow a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota Todd Birr 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 X X 8
Sheet 4 Final
New York (state) NP
Minnesota Peter Stolt NP

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
  3. ^ "Men's and Women's Playdown Teams" (PDF). 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Berth allocations announced for Men's qualifiers; schedules set". United States Curling Association.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Men's Challenge Round teams". USA Curling.
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